WKYT FirstAlert Weather

A Flood Watch and a Winter Storm Watch are out for the entire region late Tuesday through early Thursday.
Heavy rain develops Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and may put down 1”-3” in some areas.
We are looking at the possibility of significant snow and sleet from late Wednesday through early Thursday.

Severe Weather Alert

A Flood Watch and a Winter Storm Watch are out for the entire region late Tuesday through early Thursday.
Heavy rain develops Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and may put down 1”-3” in some areas.
We are looking at the possibility of significant snow and sleet from late Wednesday through early Thursday.

Governor calls for additional budget cuts

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State officials warned Friday that moststate agencies could face additional 6 percent budget cuts to helpoffset a projected $161 million revenue shortfall. Kerri Richardson, spokeswoman for Gov. Steve Beshear, said theadministration is now gathering information on the potentialimpacts of the budget cuts. State Budget Director Mary Lassiter sent letters to the heads ofmost government agencies Friday alerting them to potentialreductions in funding. Richardson said the Medicaid program would be shielded from anyadditional cuts. Public schools, state unversities, communitycolleges, and the teacher retirement system also are among a shortlist of agencies and programs that would be spared. "These are extraordinarily challenging times," Richardsonsaid. "We will get final revenue numbers in mid-December, but wethink it is prudent to start planning for cutbacks now." A panel of state economists predicted last month that therecession would likely cause additional financial woes for stategovernment. That was bad news in a state that has already slashedits budget by some $800 million. Federal stimulus money has been applied to the state budget tohelp stave off some budget cuts. General fund receipts dropped 4 percent in October, promptingLassiter to release a statement earlier this week warning that theadministration was "very concerned" that the state wouldn't bringin enough money to pay for what's been budgeted in the currentfiscal year. October revenues totaled about $652 million, down by some $27million in October 2008. Corporate income tax dropped nearly 82 percent last month, whileindividual income tax collections dipped almost 10 percent. Salesand use tax receipts were down about 4 percent.

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